Share of the population using improved water sources in Barbados
Barbados: Share of the population using improved water sources was 99.4% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of the population using improved water sources in Barbados, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of the population using improved water sources in Barbados stood at 99.4%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population using improved water sources in Barbados peaked at 99.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 98.3%, in 2000.
Barbados ranks 97th of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Share of the population using improved water sources in Barbados, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 98.3% | — |
| 2001 | 98.4% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 98.4% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 98.5% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 98.5% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 98.6% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 98.6% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 98.7% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 98.7% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 98.8% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 98.8% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 98.9% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.3% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 99.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 100.0%, 99% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 99.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 98.9%, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 98.5% | 98.3% | 98.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.0% | 98.8% | 99.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.4% | 99.3% | 99.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
- 94 United States Virgin Islands 99.5% compare
- 95 Latvia 99.5% compare
- 96 Samoa 99.4% compare
- 98 Jordan 99.4% compare
- 99 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 99.3% compare
- 100 Saint Helena 99.3% compare
More environment data for Barbados
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 111.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.587 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 1.03 °C (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.3571 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population using improved water sources in Barbados?
- Share of the population using improved water sources in Barbados was 99.4% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population using improved water sources recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of the population using improved water sources recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.3% in 2000.
- How does Barbados rank for share of the population using improved water sources?
- Barbados ranks 97th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population using improved water sources rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population using improved water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.